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The Beast of the Forest
This article discusses la bête du Gévaudan, a wolf or wolves that terrorized parts of the French populace between 1764 and 1767.
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History and Audacity: Talking to Conservation Science
This article argues in favour of “audacity”: employing the practice of history fully to tell a complex story involving conservation science.
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Minding the Gap: Working Across Disciplines in Environmental Studies
This volume of RCC Perspectives considers what it means to work across disciplines in environmental studies and how such projects can best be realized.
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Asian Environments: Connections across Borders, Landscapes, and Times
This issue of RCC Perspectives offers insights into similarities and differences in the ways people in Asia have tried to master and control the often unpredictable and volatile environments of which they were part
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Colonial Rule versus Indigenous Knowledge in Bengal’s Western Frontier
Explores how the relationship of Adivasis to their surroundings was gradually reshaped under colonial rule in Bengal, leading to increased sedentarization of Adivasis through the extension of cultivation.
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Bonding with the Nonhuman World: Why People Feed Wildlife in Japan
Looks at popular esayari (animal-feeding) behavior in Japan, why people do it, and what its effects are.
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Sustainability at Dead-ends: The Future of Hope in Rural Japan
Self-sufficiency has become a dominant priority of rural sustainability in Japan. The paper examines a community mapping initiative that empowers regional residents to rediscover the character of their depleted surroundings.
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Os Limites da História Ambiental: Uma Homenagem a Jane Carruthers
This volume of RCC Perspectives, featuring artwork by Australian artist Mandy Martin, is a tribute to the wonderful career of Jane Carruthers.
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Challenges to Fieldwork before 1914 and Today: Adaptation, Omission, Rediscovery
The challenges for mountain fieldwork today are different than those faced by researchers a century ago. This article looks at differences in funding, surveying practices, and academic networks and debate.
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The Challenge of Scale in Environmental History: A Small Meditation on a Large Matter
Using the example of mountains in South America, this article illustrates how different ways of thinking about scale can shape the questions we ask.